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17th Century Spanish Trombonist Who "Ruined" Others
Just added the below caption to the Trombone History Timeline (17th Century: 1626-1650) and my previous post, Early Trombone in Seville, Spain.
Francisco Correa de Arauxo
1636—Seville, Spain: Organist, composer, and theorist Francisco Correa de Arauxo makes the follo...
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Early Trombone in Seville, Spain
View of Seville, Attributed to 16th Century Artist Alonso Sánchez Coello
A couple of my recent updates/posts have focused on early trombone activity in “New Spain.” This post centers instead on early trombone activity in an important city in Old Spain. The post combines...
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More Trombone in Colonial Latin America
Ubaque, Colombia
Added the below caption to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century) and the article, Trombone History in Latin America. Ubaque looks like a beautiful mountain village, by the way!
1759—Ubaque, Colombia: Ubaque valley churches possess large ensem...
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Trombone in Baroque Latin America
Puebla Cathedral, Mexico
New entry today in the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half) and in the article, Trombone History in Latin America, 1500-1750. Enjoy!
c. 1690—Puebla, Mexico: Composer Miguel Matheo de Dallo y Lana, chapelmaster of the Puebla Cat...
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Trombone in 18C Rome
Today I added the below post to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century).
1708—Rome, Italy: Musicians are among those responsible for paying a special tax, sometimes called the “1708 Grand Taxation,” to raise funds to fight the imperial army, which is threatening Rome...
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Nuns Playing Trombone in 16C Italy
I just added this caption to the Trombone History Timeline (16th century) and to the HubPages article, Women in Trombone History, 1500-1900.
1584—Bologna, Italy: Ascanio Trombetti, master wind player of San Petronio and the ensemble Concerto Palatino, also serves as mae...
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Angel-Trombonist in Austrian Church
The below painting and caption have been added to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century). I have also included it in the collection, Angel Trombonists throughout History (bringing the total to 106 images) and plotted it on the Interactive Map of Trombone Art in Europe,...
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Should You Tip Your Trombonist?
Milan in 1493, from Nuremberg Chronicles
I added this entry to the Trombone History Timeline (15th century). Should you tip your trombonist? Apparently in the 15th century they did!
1461—Milan, Italy: Records show that Florentine ambassadors visiting Milan pay tips to eig...
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2 Angel Trombones on German Organ Case
I just added the below caption to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 1626-1650). I will also be adding it to the collection, Perching on the Pipes and Angel Trombonists Throughout History. Incidentally, 1631 is not early for depiction of angels playing trombone, b...
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Early Trombone on Regal Case
Added the caption and images below to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half) and the Interactive Map of European Trombone Iconography.
1690—Lambach, Austria: A regal, originating circa 1580 from Lambach Abbey, includes a case dated 1690. The case feature...
